Dear chess friends!

As promised, last Sunday I distributed the prices and payouts from season 1 to all participating players. The price pool at the end was 379,something, so rounded up 380 Hive. Quite nice - thanks to all the Upvoters and Supporters!

Here is the payout table:

Rank	Hive name	Lichess name	Rating	Rounds played	Rewards (Hive)
1 and first price	Hive account@jaki01	jaki01	2311	10	114
2 and 2nd price	Hive account@stayoutoftherz	stayoutoftherz	1961	11	76
3 and 3rd price	Hive account@schamangerbert	HerbyW	1727	10	38
4	Hive account@rodrook	rodrook	1495	10	25,33
5	Hive account@pereu4ivatel	drakOnb	1765	8	20,27
6	Hive account@maciejficek	XM9000	1347	5	12,67
7	Hive account@eniolw	eniolw	2280	3	7,6
8	Hive account@rafaelaquino	ajedrezclub2t	1772	6	15,2
9	Hive account@gingerbyna	Jeanjarrgh	1773	5	12,67
10	Hive account@bitsignal	bitsignal	1917	2	5,07
11	Hive account@heimindanger	skzap	2131	2	5,07
12	Hive account@foxconnmars	Foxconn_Mars	2028	2	5,07
13	Hive account@iceblue	Splitrooks	2210	1	2,53
14	Hive account@catto000	catto000	1988	1	2,53
15	Hive account@renerondon	ReneRondon	2164	2	5,07
16	Hive account@digitalis	Digitalis888	1659	2	5,07
17	Hive account@iobates	iobates	2018	1	2,53
18	Hive account@jrevilla	josephchess90	2105	1	2,53
19	Hive account@yazp	zulukill	1912?	1	2,53
20	Hive account@arsenal49	Lord2920	1437	1	2,53
11	Hive account@kreur	Kreur	1996	1	2,53
22	Hive account@juanmi96	juanmi96	1797	1	2,53
23	Hive account@spacetoon	alinyous	1028	3	7,6
24	Hive account@wpaschall	IM Sparklehorse	2440	1	2,53
25	Hive account@hierro21	hierro21	1389	1	2,53

After a little break now the new Season of Hivechess Blitztournament (called "Summertime") starts.
The first round is played tomorrow and each Friday, 19h GMT. Since it is quite late for some players, I moved the whole season 1 hour earlier.

Time Mode: 5+0 (5 minutes per game, 0 seconds increment)

Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/3Vg81lbK

Time zones:

Time difference from Greenwich Mean Time GMT 19.00

GMT time converter: https://time.is/en/GMT

RULES

• For Hivers, Steemians and all others!
• Players of all skill levels are welcome, from newbies to experts, you just need a Lichess-account!
• Every Friday 19 to 20 GMT is one round (with few exceptions), a season goes over 10 rounds.
• Time mode is varying (5+0, 5+1, 3+2, 10+0,...), rated, berserking allowed (except in Swiss mode)
• The winner of each round gets 8 points, the second 7,... and the 8^th 1 point.
• PAYOUT: A season goes over 10 rounds and points are summed up. All Hivechess-related post rewards are pooled and 90% go to the price pool. The winner will get 30% of that price pool, the second 20%, the third 10%, the rest is divided equally among the other players active on Hive or Steem, according to the no. of rounds they have played. So everyone has a chance to get something and the more you play the more you get! Prices are payed out only in Hive Tokens.
• If I don´t know your Hive (or Steem) username, I can´t consider you in the rankings, so if new here, please let me know your user name in the comments

Please share this announcement among your (chess) friends and colleagues! The more participate, the more fun! And maybe some are even interested to join Hive and it´s Chess Community?

I wish you all GOOD LUCK! (I know luck has nothing to do with it, or does it?)

I am inviting to join specifically Hive account@anadello Hive account@anli Hive account@arsenal49 Hive account@behiver Hive account@bitsignal Hive account@cerati Hive account@chesthetica Hive account@digitalis Hive account@elprofe62 Hive account@eniolw Hive account@evgsk Hive account@foxconnmars Hive account@gingerbyna Hive account@heimindanger Hive account@hierro21 Hive account@iceblue Hive account@jaki01 Hive account@jkms Hive account@juanmi96 Hive account@kintokris Hive account@kreur Hive account@marcusantoniu26 Hive account@maciejficek Hive account@meedo Hive account@mstafford Hive account@pereu4ivatel Hive account@rafaelaquino Hive account@renerondon Hive account@rodrook Hive account@samostically Hive account@schamangerbert Hive account@soluce07 Hive account@spacetoon Hive account@the01crow Hive account@walner Hive account@yazp